1 Samuel
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The Attack from Within
1 Samuel 18:8 “Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?” In most cartoons we see the good guy winning the day in the end. The bad guy concocts some huge
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Whose Son Is That?
1 Samuel 17:55 “As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?” This is one of the most famous stories of all time. You can go into any place and ask if they have heard of David and Goliath
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The Wrong Armor
1 Samuel 17:39 “I cannot go in these,” I can remember as a young boy being made to dress up in a suit and tie for special occasions. Not only did I hate wearing a suit because it was really uncomfortable, but I was not at all used to wearing it. I kept pulling on the
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Forty Days of Fear
1 Samuel 17: 11 “On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.” I remember a time when I needed to walk into a pitch black room in our house to grab something as a kid. I had been in that room before countless times. I knew what was in there
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Worship
1 Samuel 16:23 “Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.” A short one today. Worship is a powerful thing. Here we find David playing for Saul when he was tormented
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Outward Appearances
1 Samuel 16:6-7 “When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed stands here before the Lord.” But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance,
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How Long Will You Mourn?
1 Samuel 16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel?” We have all lost things that meant a lot to us. Maybe a set of earrings or clothes, or even a phone. It is natural to feel remorse and to want that
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Unwilling
I Samuel 15:9 “But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.” You know those habits that are hard to kick? When I was young man,
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The GOAT
1 Samuel 14:6 “…Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.” It’s got to be the shoes. Michael Jordan was the GOAT of basketball back in the 90’s. He put his brand on Nike’s high top shoes and the phrase they used to sell them was “It’s got to be
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Replacing the King
1 Samuel 12:12-13 “But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king.” We were living in the county when I was teenager. Dad had told us to pull the
Let It Go 